Google Android Head Andy Rubin on Steve Jobs, Google Music and Moto: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

We’re posting the full videos from the recent AsiaD conference, starting with the opening-night speaker, Walt Mossberg’s interview with Google Android head Andy Rubin.

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With smartphones in ascendance globally, having Andy Rubin, who runs Google’s Android efforts, is a no-brainer. The longtime mobile exec is at the top of an aggressive push by the Silicon Valley Internet giant to dominate the important sector across the world.

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Google Originally Figured Android Tablets Would Own a Third of the Market in 2011

Google had some mighty high expectations for Android tablets back in 2010.
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Oracle Presses Case With Google Emails

The Google Inc. executive in charge of its Android mobile phone software at the heart of the company’s legal dispute with Oracle Corp. was confronted Monday in court by a series of internal emails he wrote years earlier cautioning the search company against an “uncharacteristically” aggressive use of outside intellectual property to develop the technology.

It’s On: Oracle and Google to Meet in “World Series” of IP Lawsuits

The CEOs of both companies are on the witness list for a patent and copyright case that could have some far-reaching implications.
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Oracle Figures 700,000 Android Activations a Day Are Worth $3.65 Billion a Year to Google

Oracle has put a potential dollar value on the damages it may claim in its Java-related patent infringement case against Google over its Android operating system. And it’s a very large number.
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Android Edges Ahead of iOS in Ad Impressions

Android overtook Apple’s iOS in the mobile market over the holidays, according to analytics outfit Chitika.
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Andy Rubin Says Lots of Android Devices Were in People’s Stockings

In a tweet, the Android chief said that 3.7 million Android devices were activated on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. It was also a boon for those selling apps for Android or the iPhone.
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Android: Could 700,000 Daily Activations Be Just the Start?

At least one mobile industry CEO sees that rate more than tripling by the end of next year — to a whopping 2.5 million per day.
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Google Music’s New Service Set to Launch, Without All the Music

Google, which tried to launch a music service earlier this year but couldn’t get all of the big music labels on board, is ready to try it again. But it still doesn’t have all of the big music labels on board.
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Laryngitis Aside, Why Siri Is a Voice to Be Reckoned With

Siri may still be working to find her voice, but Apple’s young assistant shows a ton of promise.
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Wait a Minute. Does Google Really Want to Be a Cable Guy?

Running a cable TV operation is an expensive, messy, un-Googley business. Which is why there’s no way Larry Page is going to do that, says Sanford Bernstein.
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